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During the '50s and '60s it seemed like every time you turned around, there was Bert Freed as a detective, gangster, sheriff or greedy small-town businessman, and sci-fi fans will remember him as the police chief taken over by the Martians in the classic Invaders from Mars (1953). He played a lot of tough cops--sometimes crooked ones, sometimes racist ones, sometimes violent ones, sometimes a combination of all three--and a lot of tough soldiers, but he could also play a jovial family patriarch when called upon. Born and raised in New York, Freed began acting while attending Penn State University, and made his Broadway debut in 1942. His film debut occurred, oddly enough, in a musical--Carnegie Hall (1947)--and he went on to play everything from a gangster in a Ma and Pa Kettle movie (Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)) to a French army sergeant--a first-rate job, too--in the classic Paths of Glory (1957). It seems as if he appeared in just about every cop and detective series on TV at one time or another. He retired from acting in 1981, and died of a heart attack in Canada in 1994 while on a fishing trip with his son.

Hugo Soto was born on 15 January 1953 in Corrientes, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Man Facing Southeast (1986), Lo que vendrá (1988) and The Loves of Kafka (1988). He died on 2 August 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Oscar Viale was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and actor, known for Plata dulce (1982), Chúmbale (1968) and Convivencia (1994). He died on 2 August 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Kwan-Min Cheng was born in 1917 in Guangdong, China. He was an actor and producer, known for An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984), Da jia huan le zai jin xiao (1968) and Every Day Is Sunday (1974). He died on 2 August 1994 in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Arthur Blake was born in 1925 in Scotland, UK. He was a composer, known for Take the High Road (1980), The Campbells (1986) and Garnock Way (1976). He died on 2 August 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Pt. Bansilal Rattan was born in December 1904 in India. Pt. Bansilal died on 2 August 1994 in India.